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EP2303125B1
EP2303125B1 EP09786439.1A EP09786439A EP2303125B1 EP 2303125 B1 EP2303125 B1 EP 2303125B1 EP 09786439 A EP09786439 A EP 09786439A EP 2303125 B1 EP2303125 B1 EP 2303125B1
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  • CT computed tomography
  • a computed tomography (CT) scanner has been used to capture perfusion information, such as flow through vascular tissue, which can be used to facilitate diagnosing patients.
  • perfusion information such as flow through vascular tissue
  • a brain perfusion scan provides information that can be used to facilitate identifying mal-perfusion in stroke patients.
  • CTP computed tomography perfusion
  • a conventional computed tomography perfusion (CTP) procedure includes intravenously administering a contrast agent bolus to a patient, which causes the x-ray density of the brain to temporarily increase as the contrast agent is taken up and flows through and washes out of the vascular structure of the brain, and performing a time series of CT scans of the patient's brain.
  • the captured data can be used to trace the contrast agent as it flows through the brain and identify ischemic tissue and/or differentiate between irreversibly damaged or necrotic tissue (the core of the infarct) and potentially reversibly damaged or at-risk tissue (the penumbra of the infarct).
  • the differences in the absorption in the time series provide relative measures of mean transition time (MTT), cerebral blood volume (CBV) and cerebral blood-flow (CBF).
  • This may have limited reliability since the de-convolution process requires operator selection of a reference vessel for the input function, and the selection is prone to error.
  • the accuracy of such a technique is limited since the pharmacokinetics is a complex function and the information carried by the CTP measurements are not well-suited for deriving the hemodynamic and perfusion parameters.
  • the contrast agent bolus is only temporarily present within the patient, and the time interval during which the contrast agent can be visualized is limited by the residence time of the contrast agent within the patient.
  • a contrast agent based CT procedure can be used to identify hyper and/or hypo perfused regions of the liver during the aortic (contrast uptake) phase, the portal venous (contrast wash out) phase, and/or the equilibrium (no contrast) phase.
  • a contrast agent based CT procedure
  • multiple scans e.g., 3 to 5 scans
  • patient dose may be high relative to protocols in which fewer scans are performed.
  • US2004/101088 A1 discloses multi-energy imaging of two contrast agents injected into two vessels at different delay times and reconstructing spectrally resolved images of each contrast agent.
  • US2008/137803 A1 discloses a diagnostic imaging system which employs an inversion table or function to convert N+2 measured projections at different incident spectra into material specific integrals for N+2 materials that comprise two non K-edge basis materials and N K-edge contrast agents.
  • WO2007/039838 A discloses a contrast injector used in angiography that injects contrast agent based in a desired clinical injection profile based on patient function and desired enhancement profile.
  • a method which is not claimed, includes concurrently modulating administration of at least two different contrast agents to a subject during an imaging procedure based on a modulation profile.
  • the at least two different contrast agents exhibit different spectral characteristics.
  • the method further includes performing a spectral decomposition of data indicative of the at least two different contrast agents, determining concentrations of the at least two different contrast agents based on the spectral reconstruction, and determining a perfusion parameter based on a ratio of the concentrations and the modulation profile.
  • the method further includes concurrently administering at least one additional contrast agent with the at least two contrast agents, wherein the perfusion parameter is based on the concentrations of the three contrast agents and corresponding modulation profiles.
  • At least one of the at least first and second contrast agents can be tissue specific contrast agent. However, at least one of the at least first and second contrast agents can also be a non-specific contrast agent.
  • a method which is not claimed, includes administering at least first and second intravenous contrast agents, each with different spectral properties, to a subject, wherein the second intravenous contrast agent is administered after a first pre-set time delay from the administering of the first contrast agent, wherein the at least first and second contrast agents are administered to a same vessel.
  • the method further includes performing a single spectral scan of the subject after a second pre-set time delay from the administering of the second contrast agent.
  • the method further includes generating a first image of the first contrast agent representing a first physiological phase and a second image of the second contrast agent representing a second different physiological phase.
  • the invention may take form in various components and arrangements of components, and in various steps and arrangements of steps.
  • the drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
  • FIGURE 1 illustrates a computed tomography (CT) scanner 100 that includes a stationary gantry 102 and a rotating gantry 104, which is rotatably supported by the stationary gantry 102.
  • the rotating gantry 104 rotates around an examination region 106 about a longitudinal or z-axis 108.
  • a radiation source 110 such as an x-ray tube, is supported by and rotates with the rotating gantry 104 around the examination region 106 and emits polychromatic radiation.
  • a collimator 112 collimates the emitted radiation to produce a generally fan, wedge, or cone shaped radiation beam that traverses the examination region 106.
  • a radiation sensitive detector array 118 detects photons that traverse the examination region 106 and generates projection data indicative the examination region.
  • An injector 114 is configured to inject or administer a contrast medium in the patient for a scan.
  • the injector is used to concurrently administer at least two different contrast agents (e.g., a contrast agent containing gadolinium or iodine, etc.) with two different spectral properties in a same vessel or in different vessels.
  • the injector is used to successively administer two or more different contrast agents with a delay between the administering.
  • a modulator 116 provides a control signal indicative of the injection pattern or profile of the two or more different contrast agents, including the concentrations of the two or more different contrast agents over time.
  • the contrast agents can alternatively be manually administered by a clinician or the like.
  • a reconstructor 120 reconstructs the projection data and generates volumetric image data indicative thereof.
  • the reconstructor 120 employs a spectral algorithm 124 such as a K-edge algorithm.
  • a spectral algorithm 124 such as a K-edge algorithm.
  • Such an algorithm allows for selective and quantitative imaging of materials with different spectral properties, such as one or more administered contrast agents.
  • the reconstructor 120 may also employ conventional reconstruction algorithms, for example, a filtered backprojection algorithm or an iterative reconstruction algorithm.
  • An image generator 126 processes the volumetric image data and generates one or more images. In one instance, this includes generating at least a first image showing a first contrast agent and a second image showing a second contrast agent. If a tissue specific contrast agent(s) is used, the contrast is substantially absorbed by the tissue and the corresponding image(s) is indicative of the tissue. If a non-tissue specific contrast agent(s) is used, the corresponding image(s) is indicative of the vessels through which the contrast flows. One or more than one of the contrast agents can be specific or non-specific.
  • the image generator 126 can also generate other images such as a conventional CT attenuation based image, another image showing another contrast agent, a Compton effect image, a photo-electric effect image, etc.
  • a general purpose computing system 130 serves as an operator console. Software resident on the console 130 allows the operator to control the operation of the system 100 such as select imaging protocols including contrast agent based K-edge imaging protocols. As described in greater detail below, one such protocol includes concurrently modulating the administration of two or more different contrast agents during a scan to acquire information about organ perfusion, such as cerebral perfusion, with a time series of spectral CT scans. Another protocol includes successively administering different contrast agents, with a delay therebetween, and performing a scan to concurrently acquire information about different physiological phases in a single scan.
  • the scanner 100 is used to determine a perfusion parameter such as mean transit time (MTT).
  • MTT mean transit time
  • this includes using a combination of concurrently modulating administration of contrast agents and a spectral scan, and determining the MTT based on the modulation technique, the contrast agents, and resulting image data.
  • FIGURE 2 illustrates an MTT determiner 202 that determines an MTT based on an image(s) generated from the image data and the contrast agent concentrations derived from the modulation pattern or profile.
  • example contrast agent modulation profiles are shown.
  • the y-axis 302 represents the amount (e.g., milliliter per second (ml/sec), etc.) of the contrast agent administered and the x-axis 304 represents time.
  • a first profile 306 shows an amount of a first contrast agent as a function of time
  • a second profile 308 shows an amount of a second contrast agent as a function of time.
  • the profiles 306 and 308 are both saw tooth in shape. In other embodiments, the profiles can be different and/or otherwise shape, such as sinusoidal or triangular. Furthermore, the profiles 306 and 308 are inversions of each other. Moreover, in this example the aggregate amount of both contrast agents over time is substantially constant as shown at 310. In other embodiments, the aggregate amount of the contrast agents may change over time.
  • a transition time can be determined by determining the time difference between the time when a particular ratio of the concentrations is administered and a point in an image where the ratio of the concentrations is about the same as the particular ratio of concentrations.
  • the measured ratio at a particular image point or destination can be mapped to the modulation function shown in FIGURE 3 to determine the corresponding start time of that concentration ratio, and the difference in time represents that transition time.
  • At 402 at least two different contrast agents having two different spectral properties are concurrently administered to a subject during an imaging procedure, using pre-determined contrast agent administration modulation patterns.
  • the subject is scanned.
  • a spectral reconstruction is performed on the resulting projection data, which is indicative of the at least two different contrast agents.
  • the concentrations of the at least two different contrast agents are determined for a particular image point based on the spectral reconstruction.
  • the MTT determiner determines an MTT for the particular image point based on a ratio of the concentrations and the contrast modulation patterns.
  • the scanner 100 is used for multi-phase study such as a multi-phase liver study.
  • multi-phase studies can be used to identify hyper or hypo perfused regions (HCC or metastases) during the aortic phase, the portal venous phase and/or the equilibrium phase.
  • HCC or metastases hyper or hypo perfused regions
  • 3 to 5 scans may be performed after the contrast agent is injected in order to capture these phases.
  • the number of scans may be reduced via a suitable injection protocol combined with a spectral CT separation of the injected contrast agents.
  • a first contrast agent is administered for a first pre-set period of time.
  • the first pre-set period of time is ten (10) seconds.
  • the next administration of a contrast agent is delayed by a second pre-set period of time.
  • the second pre-set period of time is ten (10) seconds.
  • a second contrast agent is administered for a third pre-set period of time.
  • the third pre-set period of time is five (5) seconds. If another contrast agent is to be administered, it may also be delayed another pre-set time period.
  • scanning is delayed by a fourth pre-set period of time. In one instance, the fourth pre-set period of time is ten (10) seconds.
  • a spectral CT scan is performed. Using the above protocol or other suitable protocol, during the scan the first contrast agent will be in the portal venous phase when the second contrast agent is in the aortic phase.
  • the selective imaging capabilities of spectral CT allows the separation between the first and second contrast agents.
  • two contrast images for two of the venous and the aortic are generated. As such, two contrast images for two of the phases can be captured in a single scan. When three or more contrast agents are administered, three or more images for the three phases are captured in a single scan.
  • two or more contrast agents are concurrently administered in the same vessel or successively administered in the same vessel.
  • administration of the contrast agents can alternatively be in different vessels.
  • the contrast agents can be administered at different injection points (left and right hemisphere, front and back lobe, etc.).
  • Another application of this technique is to solve the inverse problem of a complex pharmacokinetic model.
  • the free parameter of a pharmacokinetic model can be numerically determined with a proper multi contrast agent modulated injection protocol and selective imaging of the used contrast agents.
  • the reconstructor 120 can employ a K-edge algorithm.
  • the following illustrates an example algorithm for two K-edge substances, such as the two contrast agents in the examples herein.
  • the radiation source 110 emits polychromatic radiation with an emission spectrum T ( E ).
  • Equation 1 includes the following add
  • the input to the image generator 126 includes the energy-resolved detection signals d i for a plurality, e.g., four (4), energy bins.
  • the emission spectrum T(E) and spectral sensitivity D i (E) generally are known.
  • the absorption spectra P ( E ), C ( E ), K 1 ( E ) and K 2 ( E ) are known. Since the energy dependent functions and the detection signals d i are known and since at least four detection signals d 1 - d 4 are available for at least four energy bins b 1 - b 4 , a system of at least four equations is formed having four unknowns which can thus be solved with known mathematical methods. If more than four energy bins are available, it is preferred to use a maximum likelihood approach that takes the noise statistics of the measurements into account.
  • the resulting density length products ⁇ k-edge1 and ⁇ k-edge2 are the first substance contribution and the second substance contribution, respectively, which can be used to generate a first K-edge image for the first substance and a second K-edge image for the second substance.
  • the photo-electric density length product ⁇ photo can be used to reconstruct a photo-electric image
  • the Compton effect density length product ⁇ compton can be used to reconstruct a Compton effect image.
  • the Compton effect image and the photo-electric effect image show the object itself. These four images can be shown one by one, or they can be mixed, for example, a final image can show the first substance, the second substance and the Compton effect image and/or the photo-electric effect image. It is also possible to reconstruct one image showing one, some or all of the four components.
  • the spectral decomposition can be performed on projection data or in the image domain.
  • the embodiments can be used to determine other parameters related to perfursion such, but not limited to, blood flow, blood volume, and/or other perfusion parameters.

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